diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenv/default.nix
index c739e14bd3ce..5d60f2bf39e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenv/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 , distlib
 , fetchPypi
 , filelock
-, fish
 , flaky
 , importlib-metadata
 , importlib-resources
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   checkInputs = [
     cython
-    fish
     flaky
     pytest-freezegun
     pytest-mock